Power to issue certificates.
Discretion to refuse to issue or to revoke certificates of origin.
"Director" means the Director of Commerce and Industry; "register" means any register maintained by any chamber of
commerce or other body under section 5.
3. (1) Any chamber of commerce or other body may issue a certificate of origin in respect of any article manufactured, pro- cessed or produced in Hong Kong or any other country that has been or is to be exported or re-exported from Hong Kong.
(2) Such certificate of origin may specify or contain- (4) the manner in which the article has been manufactured,
processed or produced;
{b} particulars of the persons concerned in the manufacture, processing, production or exportation of the articles
(c) particulars with respect to---
(i) the origin of the article to which the certificate of origin relates.
(ii) the materials or parts of which the article is composed or which were used during the manufacture, processing or production of the article; or
(iii) the method of shipment of the article; and
(d) such other details as map
(i) identify the article; or
(i) generally facilitate its importation into any country.
(3) Any certificate of origin issued under this section shall be in such form as the chamber of commerce or other body issuing the certificate may specify and shall be subject to such conditions as may be endorsed therein,
4. (1) Any chamber of commerce or other body may. without assigning any reason therefor
(a) refuse to issue a certificate of origin;
(b) impose such conditions on the issue of any certificate of origin or in respect of any class or type of goods for which a certificate of origin may be issued as it may think fit; and
(c) revoke any certificate of origin.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (d) of subsection (1). any chamber of commerce or other body may refuse to issue a certificate of origin unless the name of the applicant therefor is registered with it under section 5.
5. (1) Any chamber of commerce or other body may main- tain a register or registers in such form and manner as it may think fit containing the names and addresses of such persons as it approves for the time being as eligible to receive certificates of origin under this Ordinance.
(2) Neither the maintenance of a register by a chamber of commerce or other body nor the inclusion or exclusion of the name of any person therein or therefrom shall affect the discre- tion conferred on such chamber of commerce or other body under section 4.
(3) Any chamber of commerce or other body may, without assigning any reason therefor, refuse to register the name of any person or may delete from its register the name of any person for such period or periods as it may think fit.
(4) Any chamber of commerce or other body may, if i thiaks lit, publish, or cause or allow publication of, the name and address of any person whose name is entered in or deleted from its register.
(5) Any chamber of commerce or other body may require any person who applies to bave his name entered in its register to give such undertaking in respect of the conduct of his business as the chamber of commerce or other body may require.
(6) Any person who contravenes any undertaking given by him under subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of fifty thousand dollars and to imprisonment for one year.
6. (1) Any person who wishes his name to be entered in any register or to be issued with a certificate of origin sball make application therefor in such manber and in such form as the chamber of commerce or other body may specify.
(2) Where any person makes application to a chamber of commerce or other body-
(a) to have issued to him a certificate of origin in respect of
any article; or
(b) to have his name entered in its register,
the chamber of commerce or other body may require the appli- cant to furnish in such form as it may specify such records or information in respect of the manufacture, processing, production or sale of articles as it may specify, whether or not-
(i) the articles have been exported or are to be exported; or (ii) the articles are included or are to be included in any
certificate of origin.
Power to main- tain register.
Method of making appli- cation and power to call for evidence in support.